Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1954 in DVD
• Released on: 2003-08-11
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 7
• Formats: Box set, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English, Turkish
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 7
• Running time: 1013 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Jack Bauer is having another one of his "very bad days" in the second series of the ground-breaking real-time thriller 24. Once again the hours are ticking by with more guaranteed cliffhangers than a convention of mountain climbers. Holed up in a Los Angeles condo and estranged from his daughter, Jack is no longer on the government payroll; unfortunately for him, this small fact doesn't seem to matter to President David Palmer and the NSA who call him back in to the CTU and give him 24 hours to infiltrate a terrorist organisation who are planning to detonate a dirty bomb in the city of angels. All Jack wants is to get his daughter out of the city, unfortunately Kim's new employer, the abusive father of the child she is nannying, has other ideas.

Fans of the original won't be disappointed, as there are more than enough shock moments in the first few hours to hint at the climactic build-up to come, while newcomers can quickly get involved in the lives of Jack and his family. There are some new characters to bolster the veteran cast and, interestingly (although not surprisingly given the outcome of the first series), Jack's character has taken an altogether darker, more psychopathic turn. The danger the characters find themselves in also has a much more global impetus, grounded as it is in the war against terrorism. Although the territory is more familiar this time around, this second series is just as much a high-tension, taut, adrenaline-fuelled ride as the first series, and one that will have you glued to your TV for the next 24 hours. --Kristen Bowditch

DVD Description
Eighteen months after the assassination attempt on his life, Senator Palmer (Dennis Haysbert, Far From Heaven) has been elected to the White House. Enjoying a relaxing day at his country retreat, he is informed by agents that there is a potential threat to national security. The L.A. Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) are informed of the threat and told to be on high alert. Department head George Mason (Xander Berkeley, Gattaca) finds himself reluctantly having to call upon the services of retired Special Agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland, Phone Booth). CTU have been tipped off that a nuclear bomb is set to detonate somewhere in Los Angeles within the next 24 hours.

Special Features

• 45 Deleted Scenes which can be viewed independently with or without commentaries or branched into episodes
  
• Two-part documentary 24 Exposed (96 mins)
  
• Featurette On the Button -- The Destruction of CTU
  
• Episode commentaries from the cast and crew including Kiefer Sutherland, Dennis Haysbert, Sarah Wynter, Sarah Clarke, Xander Berkeley, Penny Johnson Jerald, Michelle Forbes, Joel Surnow, Bob Cochran, Jon Casser and Howard Gordon

DVD Technical Information:

• 7 disc set
  
• Original A Aspect Ratio: 16:9 FF
  
• Dolby Digital 5.1
  
• Language: English
  
• Subtitles: English for the hard of hearing
  
• Total running time: 1080 minutes approx.

Customer Reviews

Worth waiting for
Hard to surpass the action and suspense of the first series but an exellent show with plenty of both. A great follow-up and good to see Jack back on form too!

They are pushing it too far
This story could be told in half episodes. Several lines and dialogs are repeating themselves over, and over, and over so as to make 24 episodes. Ok, I've wached the first season, I thought it was good (although I'm not fond of action movies), but I guess now the writers are just pushing it too far! Come on, what else can happen in 24 hours?

Once again we have parallel story lines, and while Kim's story is not boring, it's completely irrelevant to the main plot. One more thing that disturbed me was the production errors all over the series. People get seriously hurt all the time, and in the next episodes they 're running, shooting etc. Futhermore, similar scenes keep repeating themselves. I've counted at least 4 interrogations and tortures.

If you've enjoyed the first season, you'll enjoy the second as well. It has the same advantages but the same drawbacks as well. It may be slightly better though. If only it was more realistic.

DONE 1 & 2 BRING ON NUMBER THREE!!!
Im a little behind in the 24 series so there's no point reviewing it really everybody knows by now this is quality TV. I would like to say I enjoyed the first but this went up a notch totally brillant I loved it just ordered series 3 bring it on can't wait.